| PRIVYSEAL | First employed by King John and once under the custody of the Keeper of the Wardrobe, a reigning monarch's personal stamp or cachet (5,4) |
| HOLYGRAIL | Relic said to have been in the custody of the Fisher King |
| GRAU | Shirley Ann ___ Pulitzer-winning author of The Keepers of the House |
| FLORENCE | Capital of Tuscany, once under the rule of the Medici family (8) |
| LIEN | Right of the keeper |
| KITE | Equipment first employed by 1992 US Open winner (4) |
| KETCH | Jack ---, an infamous English executioner employed by King Charles II (5) |
| OBEAH | Hiding in wardrobe, a handsome Caribbean charmer (5) |
| BEAKER | Muppet found in wardrobe - a kerfuffle! (6) |
| BANK | From "bench", a word for a money-dealer's table or counter that came to mean an establishment for the custody of money; a tier of oars; a row of keys; or, a sloped side of a river (4) |
| BUTTERY | A pantryman's room for plate and provisions on a large estate - its name, from the Old French "bouteillerie", reflects the servant's original role as the keeper of the "bottles" (7) |
| UHLAN | A member of a body of lancers first employed in the Polish army and later in other European armies |
| COCOS | Situated almost due west of Darwin and also known as the Keeling Islands, what Australian dependency was once under thejurisdiction of the Governor of Ceylon? (5) |
| TIMEPLEASE | Last call, watched from the keeper of the inn, is a proper order to go... (4,6) |
| CONSTABLE | What is either the keeper of a royal fortress or the lowest rank in a police force? (9) |
| STPETER | Who is often represented as the keeper of the door of heaven? (2,5) |
| CONSORT | Spouse of a reigning monarch; an accompanying ship; or, a group of instruments, such as a chest of viols (7) |
| ESCROW | A written deed placed in the custody of a third party (6) |
| TOURIST | He's travelling and is in the custody of a new tutor (7) |
| ELDER | Revolutionary communist in Paris, the keeper of the flame? (5) |
